Crawling away for safety Only to barely make it Crawling away from the stares The hateful,disgusted stares That burns the victim Burns through the thin layer of scarred skin Burns through the littered flesh Burns all the way to the soul ....... Crawling away to safety Ducking off just in time In time to dodge the vicious stereotypes So sharp they cut through the flesh Through the flesh to the bare soul The brutal beliefs Of you and you Of the world Of you and you And possibly me Just barely dodging the painful swings The painful punches of the tongue Opinions being thrown Thrown like a professional mad man In a room with only his thoughts Screams of pain Wails of agony The sag of defeat The drag of limp esteem The shortness of breathe Due to the fingers of life Closing in slowly but thoroughly Tighter and tighter Around my windpipe My only source of survival ...... Crawling away to safety Only to be pulled back Pulled back by embarrassment Pulled back by the past The pain of yesterday The pain that has seemingly closed the door Closed the door to the joy of tomorrow Pulled back by the mistakes The foolish mistakes of a silly child Pulled back by the thoughts The thoughts that held me Held me against my will Hard against the wall Fear slapping me around The truth waiting for its turn The past getting amped up for its chance No help in sight My future passed out to my left My present knocked out at my right No idea of what's next No idea of what's to come No idea... Not a clue Is there even gonna be a next Or has life won round one